The program shall be exempt from the requirements of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 11700) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12100) of Division 2 of Part 2 of the Public Contract Code as those requirements apply to the use of contractual claims processing services by the department.
(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 197, Sec. 52. Effective July 22, 1996.)